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Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitics Are Becoming More Complex
Tensions are growing between Turkiye-Pakistan and Israel-Cyprus-Greece. Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean can no longer be taken for granted as a result of three recent developments: 1) the growing Turkish-Israeli rivalry in post-Assad Syria; 2) Israel’s reported plans to establish a rapid response…
Abebe Selassie to Retire as Director of African Department at IMF
(Moscow Bureau) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the retirement of its director of the African department, Abebe Aemro Selassie, on May 1, 2026. Since his appointment in 2016, Abebe Selassie has served in this position for a…
The Sartrean Script: How Trump Perfected the Politics of Bad Faith
In an era defined by polarized politics and performative leadership, few figures embody the philosophical concept of “bad faith” as completely as President Donald Trump. The term, famously explored by Jean-Paul Sartre in his 1943 work “Being and Nothingness”, describes…
Street Art Cities 2025: The global dance of colors on the world’s walls
In the pulsating veins of sleeping cities, where concrete whispers forgotten stories, Street Art Cities emerges as a beacon of creative rebellion. Launched in 2019 by a collective of “urban hunters”—passionate explorers who travel the planet documenting murals—this annual contest…
Global Movement Kicks Off International Zero Waste Month 2026 Calls for More Investments in Zero Waste Solutions
2026 January 08 – As the world welcomes the New Year, 1,000 Civil Society Organizations and Grassroots community groups in over 90 countries are also gearing up for the annual celebration of International Zero Waste Month, amplifying the call for more…
Here’s How The US’ Proxy Control Of Venezuela Can Harm Cuban, Chinese, & Russian Interests
Cuba might be coerced into subordinating itself to the US, the cascading consequences of other major BRI partners being intimidated into following Venezuela’s example could compel changes to China’s development strategy, and some of Venezuela’s Soviet/Russian arsenal might be sent…
When Risk and Expensive Credit Are Only for ‘Poor Countries’: The G7’s Global Credit Double Standard
When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley posed her question to the heart of the global financial order—why was quantitative easing anathema to the Global South until the G7 needed it?—she was not making a technical inquiry. She unleashed a…
The Arctic–Greenland–Florida Conga
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (an agency that is subject to drastic cuts in Trump’s FY2026 budget), from October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern…
The prince unmasked: declining hegemony, structural blackmail, and the geopolitics of systemic chokepoints
Abstract This paper advances a structural hypothesis on the behavior of declining hegemonies and their impact on the reconfiguration of the contemporary international order. It argues that when a power simultaneously loses productive, technological, and normative primacy, with no short-term…
‘Overcoming the crisis and global uncertainty: humanity in action’, the IV Assembly of the World Humanist Forum calls for joint action.
Under the title ‘Overcoming the crisis and global uncertainty: humanity in action’, the IV Open Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will take place on 24th and 25th January 2026. The central theme of this Assembly aims to reflect both…
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